The Hon. Clyde Mascoll is a politician from Barbados

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

. He is a former leader of the Democratic Labour Party

Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)

The Democratic Labour Party is a political party in Barbados, and currently the ruling party of the country. It is led by Freundel Stuart.-History:...

 (DLP). In 2003, Mascoll unsuccessfully led the party in an election against the ruling Barbados Labour Party

Barbados Labour Party

The Barbados Labour Party is the main opposition party of Barbados. Led by Rt. Hon.Owen Arthur, the BLP holds 9 out of 30 seats in the House of Assembly as of January 2008...

 (BLP). However, after internal disagreement within the DLP, Mascoll "crossed the floor" to become a member of the ruling BLP in 2006, becoming Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance.

He was defeated in his St. Michael North West constituency by the DLP's Christopher Sinckler in the January 2008 general election

Barbadian general election, 2008

A general election was held in Barbados on 15 January 2008. A concurrent referendum to determine whether or not to become a republic was initially planned but that vote was postponed....

, receiving 44% of the vote.